Baldur's Gate 3 - Warlock Is Pure Cancer! Ultimate Guide To Best WARLOCK Build (BG3 Best Builds)

[@Khrazegaming]

Not sure where I was going with the "3 main casters" of baldur's gate line at the start. It was late at night. Excuse my dumb intro

[@B4H4D4]

how is your cantrip hitting 3 times per cast?

[@mattimeikalainen6963]

​@@B4H4D4eldritch blast levels up in number of hits instead of the number of dice. So while a firebolt at lvl5 does 2d10 an eldritch blast does two bolts of 1d10. Same for the lvl 10 uppgrade. Firebolt is 3d10 while eldritch blast becomes three bolts of 1d10

[@martinkrusekristensen1730]

Like the video. But the drow superior darkvision is not the same as the warlock devil sight. Devil sight lets you see in magical darkness, superior darkvision does not.

[@Cool_as_the_Northern_Wind]

@@martinkrusekristensen1730 it should do as you say, but it is bugged. so devil's sight is just a darvision + until they finally patch it. yes, i know, ffs

[@emeraldknight4475]

Is there a time where you can reset your build and re level you character?

[@harriggpotter]

drow Superior darkvision is NOT the same as Devils sight invocation. Devils sight Lets you also see in Magical Darkness

[@DarkSunGwyn]

came here to say this

[@gasgy]

But magical darkness will still give you the blind condition, even with devil sight... or they patched that?

[@hagan3151]

@@gasgy If that was ever the case, then it was a bug that has since been fixed. Devil's sight has always been used in tabletop to hide in your own darkness and spam attacks, and it works the same in BG3.

[@gasgy]

@@hagan3151 Oh okay, i played 5e with that combo but tried in bg3 and got blinded

[@thiernosow11]

@@gasgy that was early access

[@JohnSmith-rr3jt]

Firstly, you definitely want to start with 17 Charisma when you are picking your stats, because by level 4 you can easily make the deal with Ethel for +1 permanent Charisma and take the Ability Improvement for +2 Charisma to get you up to 20 in the first act. Combine this with the Mirror of Loss +2 Charisma, and the Birthright hat for +2 Charisma, you can get a 24 Charisma warlock in Act 3. Then you want Constitution second, and you can decide on Dex for AC/Initiative or Wis for skill checks (very good for Necromancy of Thay which is BROKEN after you unlock the final page). Your second feat should always be Alert (by far the best feat in the game and its not even close). You always start EB and Friends as your opening cantrips. First time you need Bonechill is Lava Elemental, by which time you will already unlock your third cantrip from leveling. Also, you will never use Armour of Agathys or Hellish Rebuke. Complete waste of spell slots. You should always start Hex early game so you can hit things consistently and then replace it later. Also, Hex does consume a spell slot. You can just re-cast it if the enemy dies without consuming a second spell slot (very big difference). For invocations, I find going Agonising Blast and Armour of Shadows as your first two Invocations is a lot better than the knockback early game. +3 AC permanently is stupidly good compared to a small knockback sometimes. I would suggest Beast Speech as your third invocation for RP just because the animal conversations are funny as hell. But combat wise get Devils Sight so your Hunger of Hadar doesn't screw over your ability to hit things. Definitely get the Book of Shadows and Minions of Chaos Invocations as soon as they become available, then go back and get Sculptor of Flesh at the end because Polymorph is always good. For Patrons, Fiend is by far the strongest Patron because it lets you get Scorching Ray + Blindness at lvl 3, Fireball at lvl5, and Wall of Flames at lvl 7. That combined with Hunger of Hadar is insane AoE and CC. Also, HoH cold and acid damage and the start and end of the enemy turn respectively, not necrotic damage. Fiend also gives Devil's own Luck from the Fiend at lvl 6 is pretty much mandatory for the late game 28+ skill checks, and permanent uptime on any 1 resistance at lvl 10 is also really strong. The other 2 Patrons basically suck until lvl 9 for the additional spells, and their Patron bonuses are A LOT weaker at every level. Pact of the Chain is by far the weakest pact by far. Pact of the Tome if you're a caster because you end up with Guidance, Lightning Strike, Haste (which is broken as hell) and Animate Dead (making Pact of the Chain somewhat irrelevant). And none of those cost a spell slot to cast. Or you go Pact of the Blade if your going melee and then multiclass after lvl 5 into another class with an Extra Attack at lvl 5, so you can make 3 attacks per turn at lvl 10. Misty Step isn't really worth using a spellslot on either (just get Expeditious Retreat so you have permanent bonus action dash at the cost of one spell slot per long rest). Also, there are 2 pieces of gear in the first act that let you use Misty Step (Misty Step Amulet and Disintegrating Night Walkers; you will use these boots forever), so no point picking it up as a spell. Mirror Image is pointless when you can just get Invisibility, Blindness or Hold Person (which are all better for survivability and utility). For other utility spells, early Fly, Dimension Door and Gaseous Form are all very useful for exploring, especially Dimension Door when you get to the Iron Throne. Never pick up Blight, its useless. You could just cast Fireball, or Wall of Fire for just as much if not more damage with more utility. For Mystic Arcanum take Arcane Gate for the Iron Throne (this + Dimension Door meant my Warlock basically guaranteed freeing every prisoner by itself). For damage go Circle of Death. If you get a third feat (depending on your multi-classing or not) then you can either go war-caster, or dual-wielder. Dual-wielding staves (Markoheshkir and Staff of Spellpower) is good because +1 AC, and +1 spell save DC and spell attack rolls, and you get double Arcane Battery so you get an extra 2 free spells. Combined with Spellcrux Amulet that's +3 extra spells per long rest. Then add on Cloak of the Weave for more spell save DC and attack rolls. MOST IMPORTANT, you get Potent Robes in Act 2 which are INSANE (cantrips deal extra damage equal to Charisma Modifier, gain temp health = to Charisma modifier at the start of every turn, +1 AC). These are WAY better than Robes of the Weave from Act 3. You end up with an easy 18 AC lock despite wearing robes, with a free +5 to +7 temp HP every turn, and your Eldritch Blast does DOUBLE your charisma modifier PER HIT. Finally add Spellmight Gloves so you get -5 on your attack roll for + 1d8 of damage for any spell that targets. I was doing 75 damage Eldritch Blasts without critting. Add haste (from Pact of the Tome, or Speed pots), and you can pretty much just kill 2 enemies per turn with just EB. Sorry this is so long but there was A LOT of things wrong in this video; from nowhere near min/maxing for combat or skill checks, to just flat out incorrect info. If you're going to put out a guide for "The Best Warlock Build", at least actually do it properly.

[@ashleyyorke6426]

Any chance you could make a video I could follow? I’ve pre ordered deluxe for ps5 so I’ll have early access on 2nd next month, and I’d love to be able to follow a step by step guide like this, but your more effective one :)

[@JJ_JJ200]

He needs to pin your comment. Great info

[@lucasw2578]

What race would you go for?

[@PowerhouseKlaus]

Thanks I'll try some of this

[@jake53105]

Without serious spoilers, is there a big negative impact on story for helping Ethel for the hair?

[@LegendaryDrops]

There's something lovely about selling your soul for power.

[@nightdragon4611]

Not sure if anyone else noticed this, but Armor of Agathys, Dark One's Blessing, and Fiendish Vigour don't stack because you can only have temporary hit points from one source. While Armor of Agathys is nice for the cold damage, you get way more HP from Dark One's Blessing.

[@AgentFrosty]

Not quite true. DOB is based off your Charisma modifier+Warlock Level, but even at max possible Charisma and lvl12, AoA surpasses it in temp hp given, because AoA scales with spell level. It gains 5hp and 5 cold damage per spell level. So at lvl2 it's 10+10, lvl3 is 15+15, lvl4 is 20, lvl5 is 25, and it will last until long rest and can be cast out of combat as soon as you wake up. It's only downsides are that it costs a spell slot, and the cold damage only triggers on a melee hit, so unless you're playing a Bladelock, you might not get it's full potential value. A ranged Warlock build might be better off just relying on DOB and conserving the spell slot. Though, paired with Hellish Rebuke, it makes an effective counter to any enemy dumb enough to try and close on you and hit you, no matter your build, as together they can make for some good reactionary damage. It's enough to either defeat mob enemies or take at least a good chunk of their health.

[@Robert-pt2jz]

A note for the darkness spell and drow vision, drow vision doesn't let you avoid the blindness from the darkness spell, but warlock dark vision will allow you to see in that darkness giving you advantage on all attacks to enemies within and you can cast spells out of it, so even if you are a drow, the dark vision warlock passive is useful

[@wasnjenslars1997]

One is called darkvision and the other one devils sight. Nothing to really confuse about

[@Desertmaverick]

The potent robe is much better as a body piece if you are just going for eldritch blast. At level 10 you can be blasting for 1d10 +12 x3 which is insane damage from a cantrip. Plus it gives temp hp a turn based off of charisma so you can take extra damage a turn. You get it for helping release the gnomes and tieflings in the moonrise towers prison and then talking with the bard tiefling in the last light inn afterwards.

[@Isaax]

+12? How? Isn't 20 CHA max?

[@Desertmaverick]

@@Isaax no, 20 is the cap that you can put ability points in, however you can go above it with items that gives you charisma like the hat mentioned in the video.

[@wasabilover1293]

​@@Isaaxthe max in the game is 24, spoilers for why That should do it, the hat gives you a +2 which if you have 20 Asi in charisma is 22 total, but after finishing shadowhearts quest there's a black mirror that if you pass a check you can pray to Shar and sacrifice 2+ points from any other stat to add to your charisma making it 24 max charisma. (The curse can be also removed by a restoration spell and you won't lose the +2 ) so 14 damage from modifiers alone

[@Isaax]

@@wasabilover1293 I've heard of the mirror and I've seen a couple armor pieces that give +2 CON, but only up to 20, as well as items that set a score to 17 or 18, but nothing that gives a flat +2 without conditions. Is there just the +2 CHA hat or more? Either way, thanks for the info, makes a lot of sense now

[@wasabilover1293]

@@Isaax yes there's a +2 charisma hat, its up to 22 but stacks with the mirror to 24

[@jankodes197]

Potent robe is better imho - not only do you get free bonus hp equal to your charisma modifier (so free 5 or 6 with +2 charisma hat) at the start of each turn, it also gives your cantrips bonus damage equal to your charisma modifier. So it effectively doubles agonizing blast.

[@IC_Liquid]

Where do you get the hat?

[@jankodes197]

@@IC_Liquid From sorcerous sundries shop.

[@macsdf1]

yep, then use sorc to quick cast for 6x eldritch blasts

[@Asriel_Cypher]

Where do you get th Robe?

[@jamesryks3804]

@@Asriel_Cypher " Save the Tieflings " quest, reward from the lute playing tiefling after you free her friends from the moonrise towers prison, she is located in last light inn first floor near the bar.

[@Sabamonster]

This build could/would benefit from even 2 classes of Paladin. If you start with Pally you'll get Heavy Armor/Martial Weapons proficiency and the second level gives you access to smites. This increases survivability by a long shot and gives you options if troublesome enemies get in close. After level 3 in Warlock your weapons will scale with CHA if you take Pact of the blade as well. You'll get almost all of the major benefits of this build and martial prowess along with it.

[@Visardi]

I bet everyone following BG3 in KZbin knows these most common minmax cheese builds. I appreciate these builds that are more fitting for roleplay, but are still very effective.

[@Winter----]

Im going that route

[@Barqsan]

Can you explain your build in details please?

[@JohnSmith-rr3jt]

You only go paly if you are going pact of the blade. Otherwise you will always be wearing Potent Robes from Act 2 as a caster.

[@Sabamonster]

@@Barqsan Sure! Essentially, take Pally (Any oath doesn't matter, I'd probably go Vengeance) for the first two levels. That will give you Heavy Armor and access to smites. Plus some decent spells. After that Take Warlock and follow the guide until level 3. At level 3 take Pact of the Blade instead of chain. Then you can use the bind weapon cantrip to make your melee scale from your CHA instead of strength. I'd keep the ability scores the same too. You might want to pump STR in the beginning and respec at level five to change the attributes back if you find yourself struggling in melee but you should be fine. After that you can either follow the build until 12, or; if you find yourself doing a lot of Melee you can take 2 levels of FTR for action surge. That will give you a few more attacks if necessary and gives you a self heal (on top of your lay on hands). If you take the two levels of FTR you'll miss out on some higher level spells at 12 though, so that's something to keep in mind.

[@ronjohnson2760]

Warlock + sorcerer (not subclass, 2 different characters) would be crazy. Black hole + Hunger into sorcerer rain maker AoE wet + haste potion into ice storm/cone of cold would be SO deadly. Enemies in hunger are wet and take double cold damage, blind, slowed and have a chance to fall prone because of the ice surface. Or you could just do that and spam fireball. Personally I think wet + high level ice magic spam is deadlier though because it makes it hard for enemies to get out of hunger and the wet buffs hunger's cold damage.

[@darcraven01]

the sorlock is a super common multiclass

[@ronjohnson2760]

@@darcraven01 That may be, but I was talking about 2 different characters. A warlock and a Sorcerer.

[@darcraven01]

@@ronjohnson2760 shit, i misread. my bad. lol

[@taa347]

Just let the sorc twin haste on both characters. You're not using concentration for anything else and it lasts more than 3 times longer

[@PartNinja]

It should be noted - drow dark vision only increases the distance they can see in the dark. The Warlock invocation lets you see through MAGICAL darkness. Like one Warlocks themselves cast. They can stand in it and basically be untargetable.

[@faatman42]

Wgat was that? You want me to make yet ANOTHER character before i finish act 1? Say no more......

[@xnoexe]

count me in

[@LiberalsRRetarded]

I k ow right, I got like 6 different build none out of act 2, just so many cool fun builds in this game

[@purecpu]

This guy straight up said to pick circle of death and proceeds to deal as much dmg to the enemies as he did to his own melee

[@Khrazegaming]

"fuck everybody and everything" - the build

[@trygve3305]

Thank you, i restarted after about 50+ hours, and i absolutely love the warlock (i have never played warlock before). Im facerolling most at lvl 2 with this setup, and on top of that, im also a good trap monkey. :)

[@GuessWho-b1o]

The Temp hitpoints from Fiend is Level+Charisma modifier so its a LOT more then 4 Temporary hp later, and it refreshes on a kill making you incredibly tanky. Githyanki is by far a stronger choice as they can wear Medium armor, but they lack the ability to use shield. But primary because they get Misty step as a race spell on a long rest though, still its a must have spell slot for misty step extra, combined with an item or two with misty step your covered, Also Githyanki have enhanced Leap which makes you jump further then misty step can travel, and they get this already at level 3.

[@jronet6273]

The spellsparker staff you get from rescuing the man from the fire quest Really upped the damage of my eldrich blasts seems to be one of the best items I got so far for warlock

[@TiberiusAlpha]

Just a heads up, I think there are better robes you can pick up. I think you get them from the trader at last light inn in chapter 2. They have +2 ac and they add your charisma mod to cantrip damage. This stacks with agonising blast, so at 18 char each blast is doing d10+8. So at lvl 10 you can hit for 3d10+24 with a cantrip. Temp he is nice but you can only benefit from 1 source of temp he at any time, there are plenty of other ways to get it😊

[@4dapt126]

If this is Potent Robe you are talking about, this is from saving the tiefling and talking to the tiefling bard in last light inn

[@ginobarone9505]

​@@4dapt126no way to get it in an evil run then?

[@michaels4221]

@@ginobarone9505 on a full evil run no, since you need to have helped the tieflings in act 1 to get the quest to save them in act 2. If you do a delayed evil run, where you save them in act 1 and then in act 2 sneakily save them from the dungeons, collect reward from bard at the inn and then go back to moonrise and go full evil…. But otherwise if evil in act 1 you are locked out of it.

[@4dapt126]

@@ginobarone9505 never tried just robbing the tieflings but I did hear a youtuber say that the rewards are their "inventory", could be prisoners themselves or the tiefling bard in last light

[@zero11010]

Picked these up last night. Haven’t had a chance to examine them yet. There are a bunch of items like this that effectively grant you a feat (or in this case something like an invocation). There are gloves that give your damage modifier to your offhand (same as the fighting style). Tried this out with a two handed focused fighter (which is DOPE by the way… it’s easy to get sucked into great weapon master). It did NOT apply the attribute modifier twice. I’m checking to see if the potent robes will do the same thing on Wyll. By the way, they’re AC 10 with a +1AC modifier. I ended up with those gloves on Astarion who is also a thief subclass so he gets two bonus actions. So, the gloves are generally worth +14 damage per round (20 Dex and +2 weapon modifier). Desperately looking for anything with a flat damage modified to add to things. There are multiple gloves that will add something (like 1D4 necrotic or fire or whatever). And there is the +2 acid damage modifier ring. Stuff like this quickly becomes worth +6 or more damage per round. I’m really tempted to turn karlsch or laezel into a monk to experiment with maximum attacks per round … at least until I reach level 11 and fighter gets a third attack (assuming it’s like the pen and paper game). Speaking of which, there are gloves that increase Dex to 18 and also say “attack +1”. This SHOULD mean that they grant an extra attack per attack action. What they actually do is “attack rolls +1”. I haven’t tried these out on a warlock to see if the attack +1 works on eldritch blast (the wording makes it seem like they should increase his AC and also increase accuracy for his charisma based eldritch blast (or a searing blast or any to hit spell).

[@fizbanw.9157]

I dont know how it is in BG3, but Devils Sight(Eldritch Invocation) is not the same as dark vision of elves or drow. Devils sight lets you see in magical darkness too, wich you are not able with normal dark vision.

[@koca987]

Darkvision you get from invocation also let you see in magical darkness like the spell darkness with drow darkvision you can't do that

[@joshualankford2966]

What’s the ability he’s using to suck up all the enemies into hunger of Hadar?

[@joshualankford2966]

What’s the ability your using to suck up all the enemies into hunger of Hadar?

[@EtomidateEnjoyer]

@@joshualankford2966I believe it’s one of the tadpole skills

[@alexandrejesus8709]

Black hole i think from a spoiler thingy

[@I_saw_that956]

Ah yes the strongest spell a necromancer can learn, terminal cancer. Which ironically actually promotes cell division and life to kill.

[@Kuru-VN]

thank you so much omg xD there are SO MANY skills and all and i had no clue what i was doing haha I need such guides in this game xD

[@michadybczak4862]

Devil Sight is needed even for drow, because it allows you to see in magical darkness, while the natural superior darkivision does not.

[@zero11010]

This is a common trap for D&D players at a real table of the game. Haven’t tried it out in this game because of it. Lots of theory crafters love the eldritch sight + darkness spell combination. Then they use it and no one else in the party can do anything which reduces the effectiveness of the other people in the party (at a table with other players it’s selfish). Did see someone talk about giving their whole party a 2 level warlock dip so everyone has it. You don’t want to give 1 out of 4-6 party members a massive benefit and then leave the other 3-5 party members (depending on summons) just as ineffective as the enemies. Is this just something you do in bigger fights and let your warlock focus on one or two enemies in a darkness cloud while the rest of the party focuses on other enemies? That makes this a little like an AOE blindness spell that only one party member benefits from. There are still things you can do when you cannot target people individually. God knows hunger of hadar is one of the best ways to handle fights with lots of attackers. But, with hunger you’re able to stack AOE spells in an area (grease, insect swarm, ice storm, cloud of daggers), then leave the area alone and have people target anyone who makes it to the other side.

[@theunknown4645]

​@@zero11010it's not really a trap at all if you just put the characters with no magical dark vision right near the front on their turn they walk out do their attacks then walk back into the darkness it's broken I used it to steamroll tactician mode Any enemies get too close shoot them with eldritch blast

[@zero11010]

@@theunknown4645 is cheesing your way through a fight fun for you? Like, when it’s done do you feel like you’ve accomplished something?

[@piotrrodzen772]

Nice build, you made playing with warlock seem really fun. I wasnt sure before since most builds were just focusing on eldritch blast which is quite boring but you had some more in depth other spell strategies and I liked it

[@TimNorton]

NIce Vid. I am fan of the warlock class, you had some good insights for me. thanks!

[@bvwalker1]

Looks great! Thanks for sharing!

[@musiccommands8615]

Superior Darkvison w/ Drow is not the same as Devil Sight! Devil's sight can see enemies 24m as if they are in bright light. Superior Darkvison can see enemies 24 in darkness as if dim lit. In dim lit as if bright light. Devil's sight also grants immunity to magical blindness.

[@darcraven01]

i believe it functions differently in bg3 as compaired to 5e... i havent noticed any "dim light" or "bright light" conditions in terms of gameplay effecting conditions. and darkvision in bg3 just says it lets you see in darkness. consiquently it appears that devil's sight functions exactly the same.. with the only difference seemingly being magical darkness. darkvission cant see in magical darkness, devil's sight can.

[@AverageJ03Gaming]

@@darcraven01 this is correct

[@bobspalding2477]

Your content has been very useful. Cheers

[@jamesprice7803]

Thank u for helping me understand the game never played DND thanks man

[@necromancer0616]

@KhrazeGaming FYI, Faulse LIfe dose not stack with Armor of Agathys for temporary hit-points.

[@bautistamichetti5330]

If you choose Hunger of hadar, devilish sight is a MUST PICK, drow vision gives vision, duh, in the dark(natural darkness), not in the Darkness(magic darkness)

[@Kupari9]

Thanks for this😀

[@TrueLynxs]

Definitely going to play warlock now.

[@CatMorgan7]

Devil sight goes really well with drow because you can cast darkness which you can see through just fine but no one else can see you so you have a nice safe haven you can attack from when in a tight spot.

[@gasgy]

But magical darkness will still give you the blind condition, even with devil sight... or they patched that?

[@akkitakara]

@@gasgy Devil sight does now prevent you from getting blindness from magical darkness yeah, so you can just sit in your own darkness cloud with no penalty and just send eldritch blasts out at everything while being practically impossible to hit. If you were to multiclass into something that has heavy armor proficiency too, you could literally just stand there with a 20+ AC and everything having disadvantage on attacking you. Really is a broken combo

[@CatMorgan7]

@@gasgy I can confirm that magical darkness does not affect you with devil sight because I used this exact thing in Grymforge :)

[@CatMorgan7]

​@@akkitakara You can also pair it with Pact of the blade to get the extra attack at level 5 to deal with any melee people that happen to be in the darkness as well while also having advantage on your attack rolls. if you were to min max you can also get most of your stat points into charisma and then dex to make the most of medium armour while also getting great damage on strength based weapons.

[@Zetheek]

Devil's sight and darkness is one of the warlocks most powerful synergies.

[@xx_Justice_xx]

Bro, what armor is at 4:45? Please answer.

[@elbonnybar]

pact of the blade is very fun and a bit more versatile, you basically playing as a spellcaster until you get he bounded weapon and then.... the party get's going, just get some race with medium armor proficiency and you're ballin.

[@julienrouche-lestonnat997]

Githyanki warlock fits so well. Has the mage hand/psionic jump for free. Has proficiency with medium armor and some martial weapons for free. With devil sight, the "darkness + melee" if quite fun.

[@m3divh]

In first act you can buy a ring from Omeluum that provides you with nightvision, this means you don't need to be an elf.

[@raginasiangaming910]

Yeah, havent made it out of Act One since i keep rerolling my class. I will say, dual maxed warlock seems like it would be OP. Stacking summons plus AoE, plus Eldritch should make you capable of handling anything. Toss in a cleric for heals and whatever else you want for flavor...maybe Astarion for locks? I dont think combat will be a huge issue. Oh, and you can pass most Persuasion due to sky high charisma.

[@Cederlof_Ink]

I'm almost into act 2 (yeah I'm slow haha) and I've respecced like 500 times already 😂

[@ShampooperMentiMarce]

ahah me too

[@Maettzle]

"Armor of Agatha" 😂 Ok, that made me lol

[@bronzebullet]

"Wake up Wyll, it's time to respec again!"

[@suedeace8428]

Hi.. what is that spell that looks like a red ball which pulls all enemies in the center of hunger of hadar?

[@RiotforPeacePlz]

I get party wiped first fight so this was never a problem for me.

[@JimNZ]

the best warlock is melee driven, with spells to debuff, AOE control, buff

[@Durrtyboy]

Warlock looks pretty fun keep finding a lot of good items for it

[@grendelrex2349]

Gonna get to buy baldurs gate 3 finally it'll be my first hands on experience to anything DND related

[@sixthsense0134]

Brilliant build sir! How can I add zombies to it though?

[@cascade1788]

Personally I use the Potent Robe to double my CHA modifier to Eldritch Blast, then because I'm not human or half elf I take the Armor of Shadows invocation for free mage armor as I dont use a shield. With that helm, ethel's hair, and the mirror of loss im able to reach 24 CHA, giving me +14 damage on every beam of EB with Potent Robe. Then I take the ring that illuminates the enemy on spell hit, and the ring that does bonus damage to illuminated enemies. Since hex, EB, and lightning charges from the legendary staff all count as seperate damage instances, the damage bonuses apply to each of them, making my warlock a walking magical machine gun.

[@macsdf1]

if you take some sorc you can cast eldrith blast again, so 6x eldritch blasts a turn. Maybe are more ways than this even.

[@iamjogun]

Wild, I don’t even open my door for the Girl Scouts.

[@ronjohnson2760]

Lightning charge equipment with the The Lifebringer helm works really well for early game equipment. Warlocks are kind of squishy so if you use the Spellsparkler specifically with the Lifebringer, it works extremely well with Elderich Blast, allowing you to gain LOTS of temporary hit points every round because the Spellsparkler gives you 2 lightning charges every time you do damage with a Cantrip and EB does multiple instances of damage. at level 5 you can cast 2 Elderitch blast rays so you gain 6 extra temporary hit points every single turn from this if you hit. Even though it says you can only receive one set of temporary hit points at a time I can confirm that this does stack as I have been able to get 9 temporary hit points at level 5 with EB where you should only be able to get 6. I assume this is because they are from the same source.

[@WarpGhost92]

this is not how temp hitpoints works, you cant stack temp hitpoints, lifebringer gives you only 3 temp hp no matter how many charges you have. fiend class feature always gives you more making lifebringer none functional.

[@OoToxiToxioO]

Are there scythes in this game? I made my warlock based on Marluxia since there's no shadow druids but man I keep falling short

[@Rombodonbojonbo]

Love this game im like 45 hours into act 1 doing everything its so fun

[@allomorpwi1925]

with devil's sight, ya can be inside darkness and hit your enemies with advantage, ya can also pick eversight ring(house of healing act 2), with this ring The wearer cannot be blinded, so you can get your main and a companion hide insede darkness.

[@nerabon8138]

I'm so curious about the shadowheart build you're running. I think my next play trough im going for the darkness theme (necromancer, shar shadowheart and all that)

[@therealkoga2519]

For my sh role-playing build I went war cleric with fighter. 6 in each, full dark Justiciar armor. I paired her with teammates that can see in her darkness as well. Shield + spear to help keep concentrations up(necrotic fairies), then you use spear master for the free reaction attacks and war caster. Upto you if you want str or wis +2

[@nerabon8138]

@@therealkoga2519 i still have to dip my toes in multi class, And that's something I'll keep for next gameplay. What do I gain for this split and what stats I'll be focused on? Atm I'm running something like 14str 14con 18 wis just so I can put her in the front

[@BelieveInCarter]

what is the gear your character had in the customization screen? with the sharp metal claws

[@HalestormXV]

Curious how you can switch this up and multi-class it. Perhaps add in Paladin maybe make a Lockadin? I imagine you could Multi-class this at the cost of some of your AoE...Hmm, new things to now try out. Good stuff.

[@jatocato]

Pact of blade warlock and Devotion paladin is a crit monster with about 5+ attacks per turn. Pact of the tome warlock with oathbreaker paladin is good too for some beefed up minions.

[@HalestormXV]

@@jatocato Ahh yeah, I can picture that Warock/Devo one for sure now that you mention it. However, I didnt even think of a Tome Oathbreaker. That might be something really interesting to try out.

[@mitchleno]

Paladin2/warlock 10. Pact of blade let's you keep extra attack and gives you tons of utility.

[@Daskard]

Since there's equipment with a bonus to base attributes like charisma: Is it better to max charisma or should we perhaps stop at 18 and invest more costitution?

[@Bobzinskii]

I'm not sure If I missed it but any recommendations for hand, feet, amulet & ring slots?

[@lilprince31]

Imma need to make this my first or second play through or when I’m wit friends💯😈

[@patrickgjertsen9577]

Dark ones blessing does not synergize well with armor of agathys. As you lose your temp health and by extension your armor of Agathys.

[@Skye_YTT]

if you want to do the darkness/hunger of hadar pact of the blade warlock you need devil's sight to see in magical darkness

[@Seishuu12]

can you do this build and dip some in paladin?

[@hawtsumikatsuki7682]

Will you be doing a druid build at some point just curious

[@Khrazegaming]

Yep

[@moldiworp9143]

I was going to make an entire party that took a dip into Warlock for their magic vision. Then just cast darkness everywhere and dwell in it. Composition would be decent, too.

[@Beansahol]

Was that a Dowland reference?

[@Silkyy92]

How does this build hold up now 2 weeks later has anything been nerfed ? Or still just as good

[@cgn1982]

Im new to BG3, what is the spell that makes all those flies appear when you cast Hunger of Hadar? Please and thank you :)

[@hennyhenna6045]

Hello, how do you get the spell plague of insects? Is it a scroll or a weapon to wear or something else?

[@Felixabby]

You’re right. This build is pure cancer

[@imbrook4655]

You're best ❤

[@Нолемоций]

Oh God, I look at these wizards, warlocks and sorcerers with shields and understand that it is not the game that is broken, but people!

[@ogramzey5888]

Gith is also a good choice giving you medium armor proficiency and ancestral knowledge

[@krzysztofkaruzo6899]

I went with hex scorching ray combo it's realy good I had HoH for a while but resigned from it because it takes concentration and doesn't deal as much dmg on later levels as other spells

[@cthulhuspawn96]

Would this work with the Dark Urge??? I'm just curious because it's best for single player playthroughs IMO and I want to run this build!

[@crimsondemonx]

Can I choose pact blade instead or is that not very viable?

[@TheprophetDJ]

I m building this now is it still good? Having trouble leveling up

[@gladiusgamer9324]

I would go 17 cha get the +1 from *spoilers* auntie ethel and at level 4 take the +2 for a 20 cha.

[@G-Fiti]

How do you even play this class properly? I know the spell slots refill after short rest but you can't short rest in combat. So one mirror image, a fireball, and one other spell and thats it for the whole fight?

[@alexandercanizares8955]

It will be cool to cast a spike growth once you pull them all together

[@DavidSantos-ix1hu]

I like it but id deffenatly get thr charisma bonus robes and combo with zariel tiefling for thr extra close rsnge dps,as for the ice armor you can get that feom the sorcerer magic list,id recommend dipping into thst too alot of potental for multiple ranged and melee range spells to peoc on cantrip use.

[@DnBforewer]

BTW you know there is a rob that adds your charisma to dmg of cantrips and it double dips with EB. ( with it and invocation you add your charisma twice to each blast ). with 22 charisma it is 6 dmg per blast. And one more thing ..... Devil's sight is better than drow's dark vision. You see in darkness spell with it. It's kinda fcked up with melee lock. You just pick up all that crap that gives boosts while obscured and dance with the enemies in the middle of darkness spell. It's quite funny to look at.

[@papipepino.]

Is there somewhere written you have all the steps summed up?

[@enderr161]

You really need to edit these videos together better. And make something that binds them all together . I'm sure your analytics shows people skipping from section to section. As you talk constantly for 15 minutes listing the same things from video to video. You need to start the video maybe by showing a teaser of the final build against a tough boss/opponent to get people excited/ interested for it. You should then show an example of the base build maybe struggling with a group of enemies . Then as you are listing you build at each power spike take a break from the endless listing and show the same situation again but with you next few levels and skills/spells being used against the same mob. Show the build getting stronger and stronger with each spike. Finally at the end of every build you should have some sort of constant. Something that all the builds are tested against. Wether it's a good fight for them or not. Choose a certain boss or enemy type and show each of your builds as a 1v1 against it. This will make your videos much more engaged from start to finish and build your own little ranking system. To allow people to have some context of the strength of each build . Obviously I know what each role and build is different and how they deal with certain groups and bosses will vary wildly. But the power spike fights are there to break up the endless listing of the same items and skills of each build and the final boss fight is only for a bit of reference for damage numbers between builds. It gives people a base point to compare against your other builds and even their own builds. And will help them choose which ones they might want to give a try. As people watch the build coming together and see each power spike fight they will begin making predictions on the next steps of your build, what they would have done differently and will begin thinking how it's going to do against your final boss fight. All of this will massively help with your engagement. This is not criticism but some ideas that came to me as I just watched 3 build videos in a row and by the end of this one I was about to roll my eyes after listening to them in their entirety to only be blue balled with tiny 5 second clips of each of the final builds. Your builds are good and interesting they just need some consistent visual representation on screen as well as consistent enemies so their strengths and weaknesses can be seen and appreciated. Following some sort of simple formula like this will allow viewers to enjoy the whole video start middle and end.

[@hawtsumikatsuki7682]

has anyone used command to make the Commander drop that nice 2h you can get from the mind flayer ship?

[@Germanwildcats2]

yes, just pick it up after that

[@Dc25211]

Yes many times!

[@Zetheek]

I just kill him for the extra level at start.

[@Dc25211]

@@Zetheek kill him and then the mindflayer to get more xp… you would have level 3 before you get to the fight at the gate if you do the chapel and withers

[@Zetheek]

@@Dc25211 Yeah I kill him, the mind flayer and the 2 backup guards. You used to be able to kill the mindflayer in the pod, but seems to have been patched

[@UHHHHHHHHHHHHH.H]

What is that outfit at lvl 2? Its awesome

[@Школавеб-дизайнаМаксимаСолдатк]

why I don't have fireball and fire ray in my skills for learn? wtf?

[@danielmcnabb9634]

So how many spells can u cast per battle ?

[@jamulcah1317]

If you use this character with a melee character will the melee character take a bunch of damage when it goes up to attack opponents?

[@naterisawesome1]

Can this work as a bardlock? Im 60hrs in and i have a level 1 bard with the rest in warlock.

[@POTATOEMPN]

Lol try the necromancer. Got an army of winged devils, flying ghouls and a mummy. Plus a lot of cloudkill and necromancer bombs

[@toondemaere3080]

oh man i love what they did with the warlock in this game i wish dnd warlock was like this. Why is Deepened pact not a real feature in the real game? Book of ancient secret's is not part of pact of the tombe then or can you change your boon on any level?

[@XXSixthSenseXX]

So what’s that spell that pulls the enemies back in I wanna learn it 😁

[@Neko-Tsu]

It's the black hole skill, its in the final part of the ilithid skill tree. You do have to use the arcane ilithid thingy to get ur though

[@Koetaaa53]

i wonder why u dont pick the "armour of shadow"? thats such an amazing spell for non armour classes

[@gzion7]

Is black hole unlocked only after evolving using the tadpole from the Emperor?

[@crimsondemonx]

Is this possible to combine with melee? Like to handed

[@PWK95]

Why not use the potent Robe for +6dmg per eldritch blast?

[@Dc25211]

So for race, githyanki or half drow? Gith gets med armor but the robes of potency sound awesome (not sure if there is a better med armor to counter the robes) and astral knowledge Half drow gets shields and darkness spell at level 5 What do you all think?

[@Sons_of_Thor]

I like to hear about this too :D

[@kouguy8213]

A bigger Brain move would be to start as a fighter at level 1 to get heavy armor and two handed weapon skills then put the next 5 levels into warlock. You then put two more levels into fighter and the rest as a warlock. You basically end up with level 5 warlock spell casting but can fight upfront with heavy armor and two handed weapons 😂

[@AndrewKimball-xq4vh]

I'm running a Githyanki, duelist, pact of the blade, Warlock build - only lvl 9 and just got to Act 3, so I little limited but I'll say it works pretty well as a frontliner.

[@Thisismyhandle218]

@@kouguy8213 exactly the build i'm using, it's craazy good😃

[@By4o]

Hex + fire ray = 5 (IV circle) rays 2-12 + 5 ticks of hex 1-6 = 10-60 fire + 5-30 necrotic = 15-90 total , the only reason to NOT use that combo if target is resistant to fire dmg. In that case u can use Eldrich + hex = 3 rays 1-10+5(cha) + 3 ticks of hex 1-6 = 18-45 force + 3-18 nectoric which deals around the same dmg as Blight without spending a spell slot.

[@By4o]

If u go Fiend why would you pick Fiendish Vigor? Thats a waste, Devil's Sight allows to see in magical darkness means u can stay in dark cloud all day taunting enemies...Armor of shadow is a potent choice too if u dont have similar effects. IMHO

[@By4o]

with such Build i would honestly go for Great old one + assassin, since u are wearing no armor and most likely a good scout that will start battle too, and if u start battle with guaranteed criticals, means u will cast those AOE Fear ALOT, and there will be sense to actually go for all these additional sources of temp. HP...

[@By4o]

Also if u already have aoe such as hunger of hadar, what is the point of going for fire ball, idk i would go for counter spell instead that wild thing can prevent so much dmg on party...

[@umbertus]

Why don't you get the pact of tome for animate dead spell?

[@xBaserios]

There's a shirt that cantrip do more damage to charisma modify. it make eldrich blast almost double damage!

[@LowLoco771]

Is it still a beast of a build after patches?